Apparently Several Fashion Brands Refused to Dress Ashley Graham for Her Latest Cover

Today in eye roll-worthy news: some brands are still ignorant enough to turn a blind eye to Ashley Graham's influence and status not only in fashion, but in modern culture. In her editor's letter, Vogue UK editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman blew the whistle, so to speak, on the fact that brands flat-out refused to dress Graham for the cover of the magazine's January issue when approached. Surely, this is an issue Graham and many other models who don't fall into the "straight-size" spectrum face on a daily basis, but now the antiquated notion that they are not worthy of wearing certain designer labels is affecting groundbreaking covers. When will the madness end?!

On the cover, Ashley is wearing a leather jacket by Coach, so that excludes them from the list of perpetrators. Regardless of which brands turned the opportunity down, the point remains that the mentality of excluding people who don't fit a certain mold still prevails in the fashion industry. Thankfully, designers like Christian Siriano and more outspoken fashion figures, as well as Ashley Graham, herself, are making major strides toward changing the conventions by which we judge style and beauty. If Vogue UK is in the business of calling brands that want to oppose that movement, then more power to them. #Same.